Fated to the Alpha–And His Triplet Brothers novel Chapter 79

Chapter 79: She’s awake!

**~ Hazel’s POV ~**

"Is she awake?"

"Hazel...?"

Voices. Familiar ones..muffled, cracking through the pounding in my skull like the aftermath of an explosion. Aurora’s silhouette hovered beside me, her hand carefully tipping a spoon toward my lips, whispering something I couldn’t quite catch.

Caspian’s hands were wrapped around mine, thumbs tracing soothing circles over my knuckles like he was holding onto a lifeline. Or maybe I was his.

My head throbbed. My chest ached.

My breath hitched, and my fingers trembled. I felt it. That pain. That... weight. The cold grip in my chest had loosened.

Wait...was that an emotion?

Did it come back?

Caspian’s grip on my hand tightened as his gaze met mine and his eyes shimmered. No, more than shimmered. They glowed with tears that clung to the corners, refusing to fall, but threatening with every breath.

"Oh my god," he whispered, a desperate grin cracking through his stunned face. "Hazel... it’s you. You’re back. It worked!"

Before I could even process it, he pulled me into his arms like he never wanted to let go again. His hold was warm, trembling, frantic.

Aurora exhaled a breath she must’ve been holding for days. Her shoulders dropped, eyes fluttering closed as if the entire war she’d been carrying eased in one moment.

And then everything came crashing back.

Like a tidal wave slamming into my soul.

The pain.

The sorrow.

The screams.

The bodies.

The blood.

The hurtful things they said.

The hurtful things I said.

The people I killed

It all came flooding back and it hurt. Oh god, it hurt so much. My chest heaved. My lungs burned. And then I whispered

Caspian’s name.

"Caspian," I choked, tears now freely falling. "I’m a monster."

He pulled back, cupping my cheeks, eyes wide with fierce denial. "No. No, you’re not. Hazel—stop. You’re not."

"I am! I did those things! I let it take over..I hurt people—I.." my voice broke, breath hitched, and I gasped

"My father," I whispered, my voice shaking. "I need to see him. I need to talk to him."

Caspian blinked, confused. "Hazel... what are you talking about?"

"He didn’t hate me," I said quickly. "Everyone keeps saying that...that he hated me. That he hurt me. But they don’t know. He didn’t. My mother wiped his memory. But before she did... he loved me. Even if it was just for a minute. He loved me. He was going to run away with her..but she stopped him. She had to protect me. She needed to keep me safe. Where is she now? Where’s my mother?"

My voice cracked. Panic was crawling its way back in.

"I hope I haven’t.." My breath hitched. "I hope I haven’t killed her..."

Caspian shook his head gently, his hand reaching for mine.

"No," he said. "No, she’s still alive. She’s just unconscious. Hazel, listen to me..your mom will wake up soon. And when she does, we’ll make a plan. We’ll find your babies. I promise."

I held on to that—just barely.

But then he added, quieter this time, "As for your father... and Ariel... they’re gone. They’re dead."

My heart stopped. I didn’t even need to ask. My eyes snapped across the room straight to Cayden.

He was silent. Standing still he didn’t say a word. But he didn’t need to.

That silence was the answer...It was him. He was the one who killed my father. Killing my father is still forgivable

But Ariel?

I staggered up. "No," I breathed. "No."

Caspian tried to reach for me again, but I shoved him away.

"Leave me."l crossed the room in two steps and grabbed Cayden by the shirt, slamming him back into the wall.

"Why?!" I screamed into his face. "Why did you kill her? Why?!"

He didn’t answer. He didn’t even flinch.

Like I wasn’t even there. I slapped him hard. My hand stung from the force of it.

Still... nothing. No expression. No guilt. No pain. Just... emptiness.

"Answer me!" I yelled. "She was a child! She didn’t even get to live! Why are you such a monster?!"

The word echoed in the room.

Monster.

I had said it out loud. And then... it cracked something deep inside me.

I stumbled back.

Monster.

Had I been wrong about him all this time?

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